Theme Gardening: a jump-start


© Mitzi Curlee
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Sep 21, 1998


What exactly is a Theme Garden?

Theme Gardens are based on the ideal of making gardens beautiful with form and love. It can mean many things from providing style to your garden to expierementing with new plants. Theme Gardens can give you a place to start. A design where there was only dirt. A sense of beauty with form.

Quick starts in Theme Gardening

Have a hobby? A favorite artist? A special dedication to religion or heritage? Everything can be made into a theme garden with the right plants. Start thinking about ideas you'd love to incorporate into your garden. I will discuss many of ideas that will get you excited about theme gardening.

Designing an Theme Garden with fashion

Look through your house and closet. What's the favorite color? What pleases you in your house or wardrobe. There is a possibility for every color and design idea. Get excited about planning, browse through seed catalogs and find what you like. I will go through every color, even brown and black and teals and other uncommon.

Personalizing

Theme gardening is all about making gardening more accessible and personal to you. I hope I have gotten you excited about theme gardening. It's a labor of love that can make your gardens exciting and original. Stay tuned for great ideas, tips and learning about themes and Gardening.

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11.   Apr 6, 1999 7:42 PM
Just got back from Austin, TX. We went to the Lady Bird Wildflower place. Talk about great stones! The place was great! Got some good ideas. ...

-- posted by January
10.   Mar 14, 1999 7:12 PM
It was Jackson and Perkins - in their latest rose catalog.

-- posted by CarolWallace
9.   Mar 14, 1999 7:04 PM
Just wanted to let you know that I found a source for blue stones. It is at: http://www.jensenpatiobrick.com/

They had several colors! ...

-- posted by January
8.   Mar 14, 1999 6:52 PM
Thank you for telling me more! The Design Toscano site was really great. Have ordered the other catalogue.

-- posted by January
7.   Mar 4, 1999 9:25 PM
the more I think the standing Celtic cross was in past Times. I remember it specifically because I thought it was so beautiful - if I needed any more ornaments in my own gardens I'd have ordered one. ...

-- posted by CarolWallace



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